“I ask you, though, where is love going to be if there is no relationship? Relationship is the track. Love is what rolls over the track. Love moves through a relationship.” I highlighted those sentences this week while reading the revised version of “Concentric Circles of Concern” by W. Oscar Thompson, Jr. His 1980 book… Read More »
Chapter One
In yesterday’s sermon I challenged everyone to choose one of the four gospels and read one chapter a day from that gospel. I mentioned that I had chosen John and would post on my blog each day what the Holy Spirit said to me as I read that from God’s word. Today I read chapter… Read More »
God Answers A Prayer
One of our members was excited when I spoke with him on the phone earlier today because one of his friends had gotten saved Sunday at a local Baptist church. He had been witnessing to this man and was burdened for him. In fact he came to the altar this past Sunday @ FBC and… Read More »
The Value of a Lost Sheep
Read Luke 15:4 several times: “What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?” Having read this verse, what is God saying to you? _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ Answer… Read More »
What A Burden
Read the following Bible verse several times: Romans 9:1-4a “I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit, that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake… Read More »
An Image From The Past
I don’t know what made me think about it, but images from my senior class trip to New York City recently filled my mind. There were the normal tourist sites like the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Radio Music City Hall and the Rockettes, a seven course dinner at Mama Leones, a Broadway… Read More »